LITTLE ROCK (AP) — The head of the Arkansas Ethics Commission says he does not believe the lieutenant governor ever attended a training session on the state's campaign finance laws.

The panel this week reprimanded Lt. Gov. Mark Darr, who has agreed to pay $11,000 in fines over allegations that he misspent money from his campaign account. He has resisted calls to resign.

Graham Sloan, the executive director of the ethics panel, said in a story published by the Southwest Times Record on Friday he didn't recall seeing Darr at any of the sessions, which are conducted around the state, but that he didn't know if Darr sent a delegate.

"To my knowledge, Mr. Darr never came to any of those sessions," Sloan said.

Attendance at a campaign finance seminar is not mandatory. Sloan said the sessions are offered five or six times every campaign season.

"We go to the four corners of the state," Sloan told the newspaper. "We'll be going to Fayetteville and Jonesboro and Dumas and Hope and places like that. We've done that every election cycle."

Darr is from northwestern Arkansas. He did not respond to requests for comment.

The former pizza shop owner who was elected lieutenant governor in 2010 has acknowledged using campaign money to make about $31,500 in personal purchases. He said he mistakenly believed he could recover personal loans that way.

Darr also attributed problems with his campaign finance reports to faulty record-keeping.

Democratic Gov. Mike Beebe, all five Republican members of Arkansas' congressional delegation and state Rep. Andy Mayberry, R-Hensley, a candidate for lieutenant governor, have called on Darr to resign. Darr is a Republican.